It’s time for you to tell the truth about what you did and didn’t accomplish in 2017, and avoid the crazy stunt of not learning from that information. The opportunity here is that you can get a really good sense of what got in your way – your obstacles – and then move into 2018 with a new set of goals and a better strategy.

As a business owner, it’s important to be able to take the good with the bad, to acknowledge and expect that both types of events will happen. Here are some useful strategies to keep yourself on an even keel during extreme times.